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How can the Mishna permit selling a Beis HaKnesses for a tevah when the tevah seems to have less kedushah? The shiur distinguishes between two types of kedushah in a shul—kedushah of the heichal (avodah) and kedushah of the azarah (malchus Yisrael)—showing that the azarah's kedushah, rooted in Klal Yisroel's bechira and kabbalas malchus, may actually be greater.
This shiur continues an analysis of the Rambam (רמב"ם)'s understanding of Beis HaKnesses as a Mikdash Me'at, focusing on the relationship between the heichal (ark area) and the azarah (main sanctuary). The central question is how the Mishna in Megillah can permit selling a Beis HaKnesses to purchase a tevah, which seems to be selling something of greater sanctity for something lesser. Rabbi Zweig develops that a Beis Hamikdash—and by extension a Beis HaKnesses—has two dimensions of kedushah. The first is kedushah related to avodah (Divine service), centered in the heichal and Kodesh HaKodashim. The second is kedushah related to malchus (kingship), centered in the azarah. The azarah is where Klal Yisroel gather for aliyah l'regel three times a year, not merely for korban offerings but to unify as a nation before Hashem (ה׳)—the din of yeshiva ba'azarah.
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Megillah 26a
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